The Best Films Of 2021, So Far
Look, thanks to that godforsaken pandemic, which messed up the Oscars and the entire calendar year, it's kind of hard to make the Best Films Of The Year, So Far feature because so many films were kind of relea...
Directors Shaka King & Sam Pollard Discuss ‘MLK/FBI,’ ‘Judas & The Black Messiah’ & FBI Hostility Towards Black Civil Rights Leaders [Exclusive]
I recently had the opportunity to speak to filmmaker Sam Pollard about his new HBO art documentary "Black Art: In The Absence of Light," but I also couldn't resist asking about his critically-acclaimed Martin ...
Director Sam Pollard on HBO’s ‘Black Art,’ ‘MLK/FBI’ His Work With Spike Lee & More [Deep Focus]
At 70-years-old, filmmaker Sam Pollard has had a massive career spanning five decades as a dedicated chronicler of the Black experienced in America. But it's arguably just getting its due in a major way and un...
The 25 Best Films Of 2021 We’ve Already Seen
The deck for 2021 film releases was shuffled yet again late last year, adding yet another wrinkle to what has undoubtedly been one of, if not the most tumultuous yearlong period for domestic film distribution ...
10 Movies To See In January: ‘Pieces Of A Woman,’ ‘One Night In Miami’ & More
Few things were as blissfully distracting in 2020 as a good, engaging movie that managed to block out the stress and noise from the rest of the world. With the film industry so topsy-turvy going into the new y...
‘Crip Camp’ Earns Five IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
Despite a lack of theatrical distribution, 2020 has been another banner year for documentaries. It's no surprise then that a number of acclaimed Oscar contenders didn't make the cut for the prestigious IDA Doc...
‘MLK/FBI’ Trailer: How The FBI Tried To Destroy The Legacy Of Martin Luther King Jr.
From 1955 until his death, the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover targeted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in an increasingly invasive surveillance program meant to destabilize the man and the movement. This f...
NYFF 2020: 12 Most Anticipated Films You Need See
As we've mentioned ad nauseum this fall, cinema is different this year and so are film festivals. While the pandemic knocked Cannes, Telluride, and SXSW out of action, festivals with the benefit of more time h...
‘MLK/FBI’ Is A Scathing Look At The FBI’s Attempts To Destroy Martin Luther King Jr. & The Civil Rights Movement [TIFF Review]
It’s 1963, and throngs of Black folks have packed the National Mall for the March on Washington. Images of jubilant men and women holding flags, and dressed in their Sunday best, strewn across the screen. They...